USAID Advancing Nutrition develops, curates, packages, and shares multi-sectoral nutrition knowledge to help you stay on top of developments and evidence in global nutrition programming.
Nutrition Social and Behavior Change Strategic Focus Document
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Social and Behavior Change and GenderBehavior Change for Nutrition
In its first year, USAID Advancing Nutrition, the Agency’s flagship multi-sectoral nutrition project, co-developed a project-wide internal SBC Strategic Focus Document with nutrition SBC leads at the USAID Bureau for Resilience and Food Security (RFS), the Bureau for Global Health, and the Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA) to guide activities during the life of the project and help carry
Technical Note: Formative Research to Inform Social and Behavior Change Programming Design
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Nutrition in Humanitarian ContextsSocial and Behavior Change and GenderBehavior Change for Nutrition
This document shares considerations for planning formative research within USAID Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA)-funded Resilience and Food Security Activities (RFSAs) within the Refinement period.
Behaviors for Better Complementary Feeding: A Recipe for Success! Webinar
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Social and Behavior Change and GenderComplementary FeedingInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
Speakers summarize best practices and lessons learned about how to manage the complexity of complementary feeding through a multi-sectoral, behavior-centered approach. The webinar is available in English and French.
Measuring Social and Behavior Change in Nutrition Programs: A Guide for Evaluators
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Social and Behavior Change and GenderAdolescent NutritionBreastfeedingFood SafetyFood SecurityGenderInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Micronutrient InterventionsNutrition Sensitive AgricultureResilienceWastingWater, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
This eight-step guide helps USAID implementing partners and others engaged in evaluating activities that use social and behavior change to improve evaluation quality. The guide is available in English and French.
Illustrative Behaviors to Improve Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture
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Social and Behavior Change and GenderComplementary FeedingFood SafetyGenderNutrition Sensitive AgriculturePrivate-Sector EngagementWater, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
The tool identifies evidence-based nutrition-sensitive behaviors across the food system that support the design of more effective approaches to improve nutrition outcomes. It is available in English and French.
Infant and Young Child Feeding Image Bank (Resource Collection)
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Knowledge ManagementSocial and Behavior Change and GenderBreastfeedingInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Maternal Nutrition
The Infant and Young Child Feeding Image Bank provides more than 900 images to illustrate recommended practices. Practitioners have used the images in more than 70 countries to promote behavior change for improved maternal and child nutrition.
Defining Social and Behavior Change Competencies for Multi-Sectoral Nutrition: A List for Assessing, Developing, and Evaluating Staff Skills
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Capacity StrengtheningSocial and Behavior Change and GenderFood SecurityGenderWater, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
The tool identifies social and behavior change (SBC) competencies that project staff need to design, implement, and evaluate SBC components of nutrition programs. Program managers can use these competencies to guide hiring decisions, identify capacity strengthening priorities, and track performance. It is available in English and French.
Family Inclusion in Nutrition (Resource Collection)
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Social and Behavior Change and GenderBehavior Change for Nutrition
Nutrition programmers recognize that fathers, grandmothers, and other family members can have tremendous influence on decision-making and roles related to household purchasing, food allocation, and feeding practices.
Priorização Dos Comportamentos Nutricionais Multissectoriais
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Social and Behavior Change and GenderBehavior Change for Nutrition
Os gestores de programa de mudança social e comportamental (MSC) podem usar esta ferramenta para trabalhar com os técnicos especialistas e os actores-chave para priorizar comportamentos durante a concepção de programas multissectoriais de nutrição.
Definição das Competências de Mudança Social e de Comportamento para a Nutrição Multissectorial
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Capacity StrengtheningSocial and Behavior Change and GenderBehavior Change for Nutrition
Esta lista de 52 competências de MSC orienta os gestores e os profissionais de MSC para que definam as competências mais relevantes e identifiquem as lacunas de habilidades em suas equipas.1 Essas competências descrevem o conhecimento, as atitudes e as habilidades que a equipa deve demonstrar para conceber, implementar e avaliar programas de MSC.
Avaliação de Mudança Social e de Comportamento em Programas de Nutrição. Um Guia Para Os Avaliadores
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Social and Behavior Change and GenderBehavior Change for Nutrition
O USAID Promovendo a Nutrição desenvolveu este guia para apoiar as pessoas que supervisionam, apoiam ou conduzem diretamente uma avaliação para actividades que usem MSC para melhorar os resultados nutricionais multissectoriais.
Social and Behavior Change and GenderBehavior Change for Nutrition
Este infográfico de uma página descreve seis comportamentos essenciais específicos para a nutrição que, segundo pesquisas, levarão a melhores resultados nutricionais.
Uso de Pesquisa para Conceber uma Estratégia de Mudança Social e de Comportamento para a Nutrição Multissectoria
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Social and Behavior Change and GenderBehavior Change for Nutrition
Os programadores de mudança social e de comportamento (MSC) nutricional podem usar esta ferramenta durante a concepção do programa ou da actividade para moldar os resultados da pesquisa em uma estratégia de MSC que leve a comportamentos nutricionais ideais.
Monitoria da Mudança Social e de Comportamento para a Nutrição Multissectorial
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Social and Behavior Change and GenderBehavior Change for Nutrition
Os gestores de programa de mudança social e de comportamento (MSC) em nutrição podem usar esta ferramenta durante a concepção e implementação do programa para seleccionar indicadores, monitorar o progresso e fazer adaptações.
Lista das Competências do Profissional de Saúde Comunitária para a Mudança Social e de Comportamento em Nutrição
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Social and Behavior Change and GenderBehavior Change for Nutrition
Este recurso identifica 38 competências que são importantes para os profissionais de saúde comunitária (ou Agentes Polivalentes Elementares - APEs) demonstrarem na implementação de actividades de mudança social e de comportamento (MSC) de alta qualidade com vistas a melhorar a nutrição.
Integração de Género em Programas de Nutrição: Guia do Programa
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Social and Behavior Change and GenderBehavior Change for Nutrition
Para quem é este guia?Este guia é destinado para os planificadores e implementadores de programas de nutrição que visam a integrar o género nas catividades de nutrição multissectoriais nacionais ou globais.
USAID Advancing Nutrition India: Social and Behavior Change (SBC) Strategy
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Social and Behavior Change and GenderBehavior Change for Nutrition
The Social and Behavior Change (SBC) Strategy for the USAID Advancing Nutrition India project is an articulation of our approach to foster social and behavior change in the focus communities for two prioritized behaviors over the course of our project.